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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mary meet Roy Hepburn?
(a) At an Indiana state park.
(b) On the Galapagos Islands.
(c) At an amusement park.
(d) At a dance studio.

2. Who is Leon Trout?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The father of the Galapagos Islands.
(c) The Captain of the Bahia.
(d) A paranoid schizophrenic soldier.

3. According to the narrator, what is one of the top 1000 serious inherited diseases of Homo sapiens?
(a) Retinitis pigmentosa.
(b) Bird flu.
(c) External Otitis.
(d) Conjunctivitis.

4. When the Bahia sinks, who has the only beard on the island?
(a) Willard Flemming.
(b) Andrew MacIntosh.
(c) Adolf von Kleist.
(d) Siegfried von Kleist.

5. At what age did James Wait become a sire?
(a) 18.
(b) 30.
(c) 13.
(d) 16.

6. Where does Siegfried von Kleist tell Selena her father went in Chapter 31?
(a) For a swim in the ocean.
(b) To the bait and tackle store.
(c) To the airport.
(d) To Heaven.

7. Who is the Captain addressing when he shouts, "Welcome to 'the Nature Cruise of the Century'!"
(a) Adolf von Kleist.
(b) Siegfried von Kleist.
(c) Mary Hepburn.
(d) Leon Trout.

8. Who does Hisako Hiroguchi perform her first intimate act with in Chapter 32?
(a) Siegfried.
(b) Mary.
(c) Mandarax.
(d) Selena.

9. Who was Mrs. Onassis's first husband?
(a) Walt Disney.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Charles Darwin.

10. Who plans to commit suicide by smashing a bus into something?
(a) Siegfried von Kleist.
(b) Willard Flemming.
(c) Selena MacIntosh.
(d) James Wait.

11. What secret does Mary Hepburn keep from the Captain in Book 2: Chapter 11?
(a) That she found a food supply.
(b) That a Kanka-bono girl was pregnant.
(c) That she killed James Wait.
(d) That she was dying.

12. Who is Sinka?
(a) Leon Trout's wife.
(b) Mary Hepburn's sister.
(c) Selena's new seeing-eye dog.
(d) The first Kanka-bono girl who has a baby.

13. Kamikaze copulates with all the following except, __________.
(a) Sea lions.
(b) Mandarax.
(c) His aunt Dirno.
(d) Fur seals.

14. How many warplanes does Ecuador keep at the Guayaquil International Airport?
(a) 45.
(b) 75.
(c) 10.
(d) 100.

15. What important object is missing from the Bahia?
(a) The anchor.
(b) The hull.
(c) The figurehead.
(d) The helm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Bahia headed in Book 2: Chapter 2?

2. Who fathers all the Kanka-bono girl's children?

3. What is the theory behind people with more of a streamlined skull?

4. Who legally marries Mary Kaplan and Willard Flemming?

5. When does Selena find out that her father has passed away on the Bahia?

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